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Tanzania: Health officials concerned about water shortages in Dar es Salaam
DAR ES SALAAM, 22 December (IRIN) - Tanzanian government health officials on Monday expressed growing concern about the impact water shortages were having on people's health in the nation's...
FEWS Tanzania Food Security Report 22 Dec 2003 - Drought relief needs only partly met
Summary The vuli rains have performed poorly in several northern locations, raising concerns about poor crop performance and a prolonged period of food shortages without outside help. Drought relief...
Tanzania: Distribution of Food for Farming compared with requirements for December to February
Map created by: FEWS NET/Tanzania Data Source: WFP - Dar es Salaam
Tanzania: Focus on impact of water reforms on Dar's poor
[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] DAR ES SALAAM, 5 December (IRIN) - For most residents of Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam, the announcement of...
Tanzania: Vaccination campaign gets US $20 million boost
DAR ES SALAAM, 27 Nov 2003 (IRIN) - Due to its improved performance in vaccinating children against diseases, the government of Tanzania is due to receive some US $20 million over five years for...
Tanzanian camp steps up campaign to stop violence against women
LUGUFU CAMP, Tanzania, Nov 24 (UNHCR) - A year ago, Kiza Mpondamali, a middle-aged Congolese woman in Lugufu refugee camp in western Tanzania, led a spirited drive to fight discrimination against...
FEWS Tanzania Food Security Report 14 Nov 2003 - Concern about slow response to appeal
Summary In response to the appeal for food and seed assistance made by the Prime Minister in mid August and processed under coordination of the World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture...
Tanzania: WV Tanzania partners with WFP in drought crisis
Last week the World Food Programme (WFP) asked World Vision Tanzania (WVT) to distribute 5,800 metric tones of emergency food aid in the Shinyanga region, located in the central/northwest region of...
Tanzania: Seed aid contributions as a percent of needs (14 November 2003)
Source: FAO - Dar es Salaam
Tanzania: Concern rises over slow response to food shortages
DAR ES SALAAM, 14 November (IRIN) - Analysts and donors are becoming increasingly concerned about slow responses to Tanzania's food shortages and the anecdotal evidence of the impact that it is...
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Tanzania: IRIN interview with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers
DAR ES SALAAM, 11 November (IRIN) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers, was in Tanzania from the 8 to 10 November to discuss the refugee situation with the Tanzanian authorities...
FEWS Tanzania Food Security Warning 30 Oct 2003 - Deteriorating food security threatens 2 million
Nearly 2 million Tanzanians have become highly food insecure due to poor and erratic rainfall during the 2002/03 (July-June) production year that caused acute crop failure for numerous households...
Tanzania: Programs seeking funding Oct 2003
Kibimba Health Care Project, Karagwe-Kagera Karagwe Development & Relief Services (KADERES) is a Tanzanian non-governmental organization that provides primary health services in isolated villages and...
Tanzania: Sharp increase in crop prices threatens food security, agency warns
NAIROBI, 28 October (IRIN) - The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), a USAID-funded activity, has warned that access to food by poor households in Tanzania's rural and urban areas is...
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Zambia in talks with WFP on maize export
LUSAKA, Oct 27, 2003 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Zambia is in talks with the World Food Program (WFP) on the sale of its maize to the aid organization for humanitarian distribution in the southern Africa...
WFP appeals for US$17 million to help Tanzanian drought victims
DAR-ES-SALAAM - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today appealed to the international community for US$17 million to help feed nearly two million people battling to stave off the effects...
FEWS Tanzania Food Security Report 20 Oct 2003 - Maize price hikes cause hardship
Summary Food crop prices are increasing, jeopardizing poor household consumption in both the rural and urban areas. Farmers continue planting and weeding their beans and maize in Kagera Region while...
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Donors urged to help Tanzania cope with refugees
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - International donors should give Tanzania financial support for hosting hundreds of thousands of refugees who have fled wars in the region, a university research paper said...
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Tanzania: Focus on the impact of hosting refugees
[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] DAR ES SALAAM, 15 October (IRIN) - The publication of a recent study on the refugee influx in western Tanzania and a...